1 According to the Table 1, the estimated economically active population is about 8.3 million in the first quarter 2018. Of which 65.4 per- cent are males and 34.6 percent are females. The economically inactive population is about 7.7 million. Out of the economically inactive popula- tion 25.6 percent are males and 74.4 percent are females (Table 2). Table 1 : Economically active population by gender and sector – First Quarter 2018 Sri Lanka Labour Force Survey 1 st Quarter - 2018 Highlights Department of Census and Stascs Ministry of Naonal Policies and Economic Affairs Labour Force …. Sri Lanka Labour Force Survey (LFS) is designed to measure the levels and trends of employment, unemployment and labour force in Sri Lanka. LFS has been conducted quarterly, since the first quarter of 1990. This bulletin contains labour force, employment and unemployment statistics for the first quarter 2018 based on the data col- lected in January, February and March in 2018 covering the whole country. Labour Force This is the currently economically active population. Which is the number of per- sons (age 15 years & above) who are em- ployed or unemployed during the refer- ence week. Labour force parcipaon rate (LFPR) Labour force population expressed as a percentage of the population, age 15 years and over, defined as LFPR. Inside Table 2 : Economically inactive population by gender and sector – First Quarter 2018 Labour Force 1 Employment 2 Unemployment 3 Selected Labour Force Indicators 4 1 st Quarter - 2018 ISSN 1391- 3050 Issue No.80 Figure 1 : Distribution of Economically active/Inactive population- First quarter –2018 65% 35% 26% 74% Male Female Economically Active Economically Inactive Sector Economically acve populaon Total % Male % Female % Sri Lanka 8,333,493 100.0 5,449,958 65.4 2,883,535 34.6 Urban 1,355,806 100.0 912,969 67.3 442,837 32.7 Rural 6,563,774 100.0 4,303,528 65.6 2,260,246 34.4 Estate 413,913 100.0 233,461 56.4 180,452 43.6 Sector Economically inacve populaon Total % Male % Female % Sri Lanka 7,700,352 100.0 1,973,143 25.6 5,727,209 74.4 Urban 1,372,785 100.0 360,659 26.3 1,012,126 73.7 Rural 6,061,331 100.0 1,527,682 25.2 4,533,649 74.8 Estate 266,235 100.0 84,802 31.9 181,434 68.1 Table 4 : LFPR by age group and gender - First Quarter 2018 Considering the Table 4, the distribution of LFPR by age group and by gender depicts high male participation compared to female in all age groups. The highest participation rate for male is report- ed from age group 40—44 years (97.0%), while that for female is reported from 45—49 age group (48.8%). Table 3 provides the infor- mation on LFPRs since year 2013 and lowest LFPR re- ported in 2018 Q1. Refer- ring the Table 3, It is im- portant to note that, male participation to the labour force is always higher than that of females. Labour force participation rate is 52.0% for the First Quarter of 2018. Unemployment rate for the survey period is 4.5%. Table 3 : LFPR by gender and year - All Island (Economically Acve Populaon) Age group Total Male Female (Years) Sri Lanka 52.0 73.4 33.5 15 - 19 12.2 17.4 6.8 20 - 24 51.8 67.7 37.5 25 - 29 63.6 90.5 39.9 30 - 34 66.8 96.4 44.7 35 - 39 66.0 96.2 40.9 40 - 44 70.9 97.0 48.0 45 - 49 70.7 95.7 48.8 50 - 54 68.9 95.0 46.5 55 - 59 61.8 86.4 39.9 60+ 29.7 48.4 14.6 Year Total Male Female 2013 53.7 74.9 35.4 2014 53.2 74.6 34.6 2015 53.8 74.7 35.9 2016 54.1 75.1 36.0 2017 54.1 74.5 36.6 2016 Q1 54.1 75.5 36.3 2017 Q1 54.7 75.1 37.6 2018 Q1 52.0 73.4 33.5 In 1 st quarter 2018 the estimat- ed labour force & employed populations have declined and unemployed & inactive popu- lations have increased com- pared to the estimates in 1 st quarter 2017. However, when sampling errors and interval estimates are considered these changes are not statistically significant. Ground level infor- mation show that one of the reasons for these changes may be the prevailed drought condi- tions and other environmental factors that affected the em- ployment. Also considerable changes in Inactive population is observed among youth (age15-24) & among elders (age 60+). Also the increase of inactivity is higher among women engaged in household activities, persons engaged in studies, physically disabled and retired/ old age persons.
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st Department of ensus and Statistics · Education Unemployment Rate (%) Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Gender Number Male Female Sri Lanka 372,135 4.5 2.9 7.4 elow G E O/L 121,859 2.4 2.1 3.2
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According to the Table 1, the
estimated economically active
population is about 8.3 million in the
first quarter 2018. Of which 65.4 per-
cent are males and 34.6 percent are
females. The economically inactive
population is about 7.7 million. Out
of the economically inactive popula-
tion 25.6 percent are males and 74.4
percent are females (Table 2).
Table 1 : Economically active population by gender and sector – First
Quarter 2018
Sri Lanka Labour Force Survey 1st
Quarter - 2018
Highlights
Department of Census and Statistics Ministry of National Policies and Economic Affairs
Labour Force ….
Sri Lanka Labour Force Survey (LFS) is
designed to measure the levels and trends of
employment, unemployment and labour
force in Sri Lanka. LFS has been conducted
quarterly, since the first quarter of 1990.
This bulletin contains labour force,
employment and unemployment statistics for
the first quarter 2018 based on the data col-
lected in January, February and March in
2018 covering the whole country.
Labour Force
This is the currently economically active
population. Which is the number of per-
sons (age 15 years & above) who are em-
ployed or unemployed during the refer-
ence week.
Labour force participation rate (LFPR)
Labour force population expressed as a
percentage of the population, age 15 years
and over, defined as LFPR.
Inside
Table 2 : Economically inactive population by gender and sector – First
Quarter 2018
Labour Force 1
Employment 2
Unemployment 3
Selected Labour
Force Indicators
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1stQuarter - 2018
ISSN 1391- 3050 Issue No.80
Figure 1 : Distribution of Economically
active/Inactive population-
First quarter –2018
65%
35%26%
74%
Male FemaleEconomically Active
Economically Inactive
Sector Economically active population
Total % Male % Female %
Sri Lanka 8,333,493 100.0 5,449,958 65.4 2,883,535 34.6
Table 8: Number of Unemployed and Unemployment rate by
age group and gender – First quarter 2018
Level of Education
Unemployment Rate (%)
Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Gender
Number Male Female
Sri Lanka 372,135 4.5 2.9 7.4
Below GCE O/L 121,859 2.4 2.1 3.2
GCE O/L 76,152 5.3 3.9 8.4
GCE A/L & above
174,124 9.5 5.0 14.1
Table 9 : Number of Unemployed and Unemployment rate by level of
education – First quarter 2018
This further shows that the problem of unemployment is more acute in the case of edu-
cated females than educated males, which was observed consistently over the results of
previous survey rounds as well.
As can be seen from Table 8, overall
unemployment rate reported for female
is 7.4 percent and it is 2.9 percent for
male. Youth unemployment rate (age 15
– 24 years) corresponding to the first
quarter 2018 is 21.8 percent and that is
the highest reported unemployment rate
among all age groups. Further rates for
males and females are 15.5 and 33.1 per-
cent respectively for age group 15—24.
Figure 4 : Unemployment rate by level of
education and gender – First
quarter 2018
1Sampling error : When a sample, rather than the entire population, is surveyed, estimates differ from the true values of population they represent. This difference, or sampling error, occurs by chance, and its variability is measured by the sampling error of the estimate.
For more details, please refer the explanatory note given under the labour force link in the DCS website; www.statistics.gov.lk
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Unemployment Rate (%)
Sri Lanka Male Female
Figure 3 : Unemployment rate by age group
and gender – First quarter 2018 The survey results further reveals that the unemployment among females is higher than that
of males, in all age groups. Youth and female unemployment contribute more to the overall
unemployment of the country.
The highest unemployment
rate is reported from the G.C.E
(A/L) and above group which
is about 9.5 percent. Corre-
sponding percentages are 5.0
percent and 14.1 percent for
males and females respective-
ly. Female unemployment
rates are higher than those of
males in all levels of education.
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Department of
Census and Statistics
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Sample Surveys
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Selected Labour Force Indicators …
# has a job but not at work during the reference week
Note : Working age population considered as (age 15 & over population)
Indicator Year
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2016Q1 2017Q1 2018Q1
Labour force participation rate
By Gender
Total 53.7 53.2 53.8 53.8 54.1 54.1 54.7 52.0
Male 74.9 74.6 74.7 75.1 74.5 75.5 75.1 73.4
Female 35.4 34.6 35.9 35.9 36.6 36.3 37.6 33.5
By residential sector
Total 53.7 53.2 53.8 53.8 54.1 54.1 54.7 52.0
Urban 47.7 48.7 48.6 49.8 50.5 48.5 51.5 49.7
Rural 54.9 54.1 54.8 54.6 54.8 55.2 55.4 52.4
Unemployment Rate
By Gender
Total 4.4 4.3 4.7 4.4 4.2 4.2 4.1 4.5
Male 3.2 3.1 3.0 2.9 2.9 3.1 2.7 2.9
Female 6.6 6.5 7.6 7.0 6.5 6.1 6.5 7.4
By selected age Group (Year)
20 – 29 13.1 13.6 14.2 14.2 13.5 14.2 12.5 15.7
20 – 24 19.3 19.9 19.7 19.9 17.8 19.7 17.4 21.2
25 – 29 7.6 8.2 9.4 9.2 9.5 9.4 8.0 10.7
By selected educational level
GCE A/L and above
Total 8.7 8.2 9.2 8.3 8.1 7.7 7.8 9.5
Male 5.7 5.4 4.7 4.7 5.0 5.9 4.9 5.0
Female 11.8 11.1 13.5 11.9 11.3 9.5 10.8 14.1
Employed population
By Gender
Total 7,681,279 7,700,489 7,830,976 7,947,683 8,208,179 7,968,931 8,230,207 7,961,358
Male 5,024,340 5,075,426 5,097,798 5,149,948 5,279,158 5,102,435 5,235,046 5,292,148